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backstitch definition

back·stitch (-stic̸h′)

noun

a stitch made by doubling the thread back on part of the previous stitch

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to sew with backstitches

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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